Description: She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Helja was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This woman tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 80 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears baggy red pantaloons and a violet scarf. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Maegan was born the youngest of three triplets. When Maegan reached her early adolescence her Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 70 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and brown robe with the hood down. He is physically well-built. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Rolf enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Tanner arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 130 gp.